Budget hotel chains in Europe

Budget Hotels

Let's start with budget hotel chains. The cheapest hotel chains
are rated One Star (Superbudget Hotels) or in some cases are not
graded, like the 0 Star Hotel in a Swiss Nuclear bunker. France is
particularly well served with Superbudget hotel chains and also
has some of the most competitively priced rooms. Using a budget
chain is one of the best ways of finding a cheap hotel in Europe.
Over the last few years budget airline pricing has entered
the hotel business, so that the best deals are those booked in
advance. Do your research, sign up to e-mail newsletters and you
can get a room at a very low rate.

This list is of hotels that can be booked for superbudget prices, in that rooms are
sold at prices starting below 40 euros per night. A new budget page has been added to
the site. The new page includes hotels with prices starting at between 40 and 60 euros per night. Virtually all chains now have an
Internet presence. Budget hotel sites enable on line
reservations as well as providing comprehensive information on
facilities, location maps, directions and sometimes, brochure request.
All of the hotels now have colour TV's (some have moved over to
LCD screens), so we have replaced that column with Wireless
Internet. Today WiFi is also offered in many of these
hotels. Sometimes it is offered free, strangely enough, more often
in the budget chains than in Luxury hotels. Other times through a
subscription service.

The next project will be to revise the hotel section of this site.
This will enable easier comparison of accommodation prices. A difficult task
in times of dynamic pricing, when the price offered is related to the time of booking.
Comparison sites are no substitutes for booking in advance, but it is important to be
notified of the release of the latest tranche of cheap rooms. Sites like HotelsCombined*
now make comparing prices at a given booking time relatively simple.

Late Booking

Having just explained that the best deals are reserved for those
booking in advance, what do you do if you have to go away at short
notice? Well all is not lost as there are a number of late
booking sites specialising in late booking deals. One of my
favourites being LateRooms.
In some cases, I have stayed at character filled, luxury hotels
for the same price as a budget hotel. For more information look up
the Late Booking page.

Hostels

Hostels are even cheaper. Eurapart now can offer hostels
throughout Europe through HostelWorld.com. More and more families are
staying in hostels as they now offer family rooms. I have even stayed in some that
offer double and single rooms. HostelWorld
also offers some excellent budget hotel options alongside
the to be expected hostel accommodation.